Centrica builds in capital preservation
The $11.2 billion UK-based pension fund has made bold moves into frontier markets and active strategies but is more interested these days in defensive strategies, as it prepares for a downturn.
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Sweden’s AP2 takes bigger bites of China
The European pension fund has been increasing allocations to China A-shares and to Chinese bonds. The fund is managed primarily in-house and has crafted bespoke indices for ESG integration.
Railpen: good partners add skills
When the $37 billion pension fund embarked on a joint venture with the Alaska Permanent Fund and Kuwait's Public Institution for Social Security, it learned the value of complementary partnership
Textron seeds new products for edge
The $10 billion Textron pension fund lowers fees and increases its influence by backing new product designs with capital. CIO Charles Van Vleet embraces active and some blasts from the past.
Railpen reaps benefits of in-house team
Adding nearly two dozen staff and boosting its expertise in order to manage its property and equity assets has paid off in savings – and more importantly control – for the UK’s RPMI Railpen.
CalPERS seeks ideal pay formula
The $350 billion CalPERS is under time pressure to find the right formula on compensation - competitive but not an incentive for excessive risk - as key investment roles remain vacant.
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